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This op-piece is not an analysis of the election result. I have read so many of them that I have now become allergic, particularly by those who very clearly had

A new documentary on Ireland’s out-halves airs on BBC One Northern Ireland tomorrow night.

The authors of a fascinating new research study have concluded we are living in a "post-truth era," with baseless beliefs and subjective opinions given a higher priority than verifiable facts.

This weekend 30 years ago, Ireland’s rugby players considered strike action before their World Cup quarter-final. Instead they nearly caused a sensational upset.

As they received awards Wednesday night, June 9, graduation eve, teacher Ralph Keyes told Wiscasset Middle High School seniors, when they are pursuing what they want to do, also do something else. He said he has thought back on the opportunities he...

Listen • 50:29 / Every year, new words, senses and changes in word usage are added to the American Heritage Dictionary. (Pixabay) This episode originally aired on May 13, 2021. A neologism is a new word, usage, or expression. Successful word-coinages, those that stay in currency for a good long time, tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely ponder when and where they were first minted. Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher: we explore The Hidd...

Listen • 50:29 / Every year, new words, senses and changes in word usage are added to the American Heritage Dictionary. (Pixabay) A neologism is a new word, usage, or expression. Successful word-coinages, those that stay in currency for a good long time, tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely ponder when and where they were first minted. Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher: we explore The Hidden History of Coined Words with author Ralph Ke...

Irish playwright and poet, 1854–1900 The things of nature do not really belong to us; we should leave them to our children as we have received them. Speech, Ottawa, 12 May 1882 In conclusion, Oscar Wilde died in 1900, and the quotation appeared in the 1936 book “Oscar Wilde Discovers America”. The notes section at the end of the book did not specify the documentation the authors used to verify the quotation. Thus, QI is uncertain how to evaluate the credibility of the attribution to Wild...

SUSAN JOHNS Wed, 04/21/2021 - 8:45am Wiscasset officials and other attendees take part in selectmen’s April 20 Zoom meeting. Zoom screenshot Over Zoom and Youtube Tuesday night, April 20, Wiscasset selectmen listened to, praised and talked about acting soon on teenagers’ request the town help address climate change. “Wiscasset is an amazing place. It’s beautiful. But we need to keep it that way,” Wiscasset Middle High School freshman Grace Greene said. The new WMHS group,�...

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